Chapter 20: Mysterious Island
People who entered the Grandline said that there exist all kinds of islands. Everything you can imagine exists in this mystical place and even islands that are beyond peoples imagination.
One of those islands was the one our hero entered at this moment.
Everyone who visited this mysterious island had the same word in mind when they wanted to describe their experience.
They all said that this island was the paradise.
It didn't take a long time before people called it the Paradise Island.
But don't be fooled by this name. This island was not full of riches and desire, this island was called paradise because of the mentality that the citizens of this kingdom had.
„Ah, this old man wants to take a rest. We walked so long, my old legs don't walk as quick as my mind want them to"
An old grandfather walked in the streets of this island called Paradise. His old wife was at his left, and his four cute little grandchildren walked behind the pair.
„Old man!", said a villager while he saw the old man in pain. „Take a seat, an old man like you shouldn't walk in the city when the sun is so hot. Here, take an apple, I have a shop full of fruits"
„Oh, such a gentle young man. How much money do you want, my boy?"
„Sir, you aren't from this island, am I right?"
The old man nodded.
„On this island we don't have such things as money. Everyone in this kingdom works hard and everyone shares the result of their hard work with the whole kingdom. Anyone can take the fruits of my shop without paying anything"
„What? There is such a kingdom in this world? How can this work?"
The young man laughed.
„Of course that works, old man. If every person helps someone, then there isn't one person in this whole kingdom that doesn't get help when he is in need. When everyone share all their food and water, then everyone will receive enough to survive. In this kingdom doesn't exist a philosophy like all for one, here we have the philosophy of one for all"
The old man was shocked.
„Does such a place exist? Where everyone is so selfless that such a system could work?"
„Of course old man, why don't you observe the people around you. Do you find someone without a smile on his face?"
The young man wasn't lying. Every citizen had a smile on his face. They helped the old, educated the young, and worked hard so that the people of the kingdom had enough resources to live a life without being poor.
The people on this island didn't know what it meant to be angry. The people didn't understand what it meant to be jealous. Here, the people could not figure out why other people desired treasures, because all they wanted was a warm meal and a house for shelter.
People who saw this island thought that this was a paradise. You ask why? Because if the whole world was like this kingdom, nobody in this world would fight. There were no conflicts, no hunger, no suffering.
What was a paradise for the citizen of this kingdom was hell for the ambitious and cruel. But on Paradise Island, even these people could receive help, even if they weren't as selfless as the citizens.
In front of the old man stood a young girl with blonde hair and gentle smile. On her back was a huge backpack, this backpack was nearly as tall as the young women herself.
„Old man, did you and your family came here for the first time?"
The old man nodded.
„Tell me, are you one of those people with desire?"
The old man frowned.
„Come into my shop, old man. On Paradise Island, we do everything so that all people are happy. Everything you desire, I can give you"
Then the girl transformed into a big house. On top of the house stood the word „Shop".
„Don't be afraid, old man. Bring your family and enter the house. Here you can buy everything"
On Paradise Island, there exists only one philosophy. One for all. But if one lose the right path and wants to gain everything for oneself, then they would meet a mysterious young girl with a huge backpack on her back.
And what would this girl do?
Of course, she would fulfill your desire, because everyone receives a helping hand on Paradise Island.
But there was a little difference for people with selfish desire.
They would only receive help if they payed a price that was big enough.
Chapter 21: Merchant
The old man entered the mysterious house that was a beautiful girl before.
After they entered, they saw that the house was completely empty. There was only a table with some chairs in the middle.
The blonde girl appeared like a ghost out of nothing and smiled to the old man.
„Welcome to my shop. My name is Amanda D. Lily and I'm a merchant"
The young woman made a gesture that the old man should take a seat. After he did that, the woman continued with her speech.
„I ate the shop shop fruit, so I can trade everything in this world as long as we are in this house"
She smiled and served the old man tea.
„Do you want the strength of a giant? Then we can trade it. Once I met a giant who wanted the power of a devil fruit, so he traded with me the most astonishing thing that his race was born with"
„Or maybe you want the eyes of a hawk. There was once an intelligent bird race who traded his eyes for something he thought had more worth"
While the woman talked the gentle smile never left her face.
„Maybe you ate a devil fruit in the past but you aren't really happy with it's power. I can trade with you another devil fruit ability, but be warned, a living being can only have one devil fruit ability, even with my power. So you would lose the ability of your current fruit"
„Or do you want your youth back? Even that I can sell. There were many young costumers who traded their youth for various abilities"
The old man frowned.
„Miss, your powers are really astonishing. This old man is poor and has nothing to offer for such amazing goods"
The girl pointed at the hand of the old man.
„This ring with a flame engraved on it. I'm really interested in this. What do you want for this ring?"
„Oh, my ring?", the old man smiled. „This ring is the one my late grandfather gave me. It is nothing special, it isn't much worth. This has more of an emotional worth for me. How can a merchant like you take interest in such a thing?"
The young woman laughed.
„You can think of it like an intuition merchants a born with. I really think this ring is something special, so I'm willing to make you a very good offer for it"
„I'm a little bit confused, young miss. This ring is on my hand since I was a young teenager and I wanted to gift it to my grandchildren so it is really difficult for me to make a decision in this short time"
The old man sighed and continued with his speech.
„But young miss, there is really something that I want to ask. A merchant with such special powers shouldn't live in a place where desire and profit is so worthless. How can you survive on this island?"
The young woman laughed again.
„There are benefits, old man. I'm a merchant that only sees profits or losses. In my world, there aren't enemies or friends, there isn't loyalty or betrayal. I'm always at the place were I would get the most benefit, so this place has more to offer then the first impression you got on this island. Its like you, old man. On the first impression, you seemed like a weak old man. But how could such a weak old man wear a ring that caught the eyes of this merchant? You and this island are the same, there is more than the first impression can show"
The young woman started to laugh again after she saw the nervous face of the old man.
„Don't be afraid, sir. It is like I told you. If you could bring me benefits more than anyone other, I will serve you with all my abilities. But if there are only losses in our encounter, I will be indifferent. Not far away, there is an inn I would recommend you. Think about a deal, I think I can offer you anything you could imagine. I will wait here until you made a decision. Have a good rest, sir. And welcome on Paradise Island"
After the old man arrived in his room at the inn, he had a visible fear on his face.
„Bonney, make me young again. This old body is killing me"
Several seconds later, the old man and his wife turned into Blackflame Ezio and Boa Hancock. The four grandchildren were Bonney, Reiju, Hachi and Tsuru.
„What a mess, this was so useless"
He watched his crew members and shaked his head.
„I thought we should infiltrate this place with Bonneys abilities so we could get more information about this island. Who would fear two old people and four little brats? But this strategy was completely useless. This place is a mess. This place is so creepy, I don't even have words to describe it"
„What did you find out, Ezio?", asked Hancock with a worried expression.
„Oh, I can't say that I really understand, but I have this feeling that we all will die if we make one wrong move"
„Is it your ‚feelings' that are warning you?", asked Hancock with a strange expression.
Ezio nodded but all the crew members other than Hancock looked confused.
„What are you two talking about?", asked Bonney with a frown. „Aren't the people on this place good people? Yeah, I admit, they all lack a little bit of ambition, but aren't they nice?"
„You don't understand, Bonney", said Hancock and then pointed at Ezio.
„This guy is special, or should I say, his observation haki is special"
Hancock sighed and continued to talk.
„Since the first time we trained haki with our teacher, this guy had a special talent for the observation haki. It even scared Kizaru, and it is really difficult for this guy to show emotions"
„Kizaru told us once that some special people developed a special type of haki. They learned this haki only when they had a near death experience. Only if you saw death, such special haki could form. Kizaru was clueless when it came to Ezio. He lived a sheltered life in the holy land and he never faced death. But this guy had a special observation haki since he was born. He has a natural instinct that helps him in his fights and with many more other things. When his instincts are on alarm, then we are truly in trouble. Besides that, he doesn't miss any details of his surroundings"
It was true that Ezio never faced a near death experience in this life. Only he knew that his observation haki was developed in such a way because he truly died once.
Hancock looked at her shocked crew members and then her gaze landed on Ezio.
„Tell us, what did you find out about this place?"
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